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Psa 35:8 (KJV) — Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

Psa 35:8 (NKJV) — Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, And let his net that he has hidden catch himself; Into that very destruction let him fall.

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

Let destruction	All the verbs in these verses, (Psa 35:4-8,) in the original, are in the future tense, as a prediction, and should probably be so rendered; though as that tense is frequently used in Hebrew for the imperative, most translators, both ancient and modern, have considered them as an imprecation. Psa 64:7; Psa 73:18-20; Pro 29:1; Luk 21:34; 1Th 5:3
at unawares	Heb. which he knoweth not of
net	Psa 7:15,16; Psa 57:6; Psa 141:9,10; Pro 5:22
into	1Sa 18:17; 1Sa 31:2-4; 2Sa 17:2-4,23; 2Sa 18:14,15; Est 7:10; Mat 27:3-5